congressman gaetz saying quote, thoughts and prayers as he works through his grief. congress said we have moved on to a much better speaker, who is honest and trustworthy. of course, that new speaker is speaker mike johnson, dealing with a lot of the issues that kevin mccarthy faced as house speaker. we will see that on display in the coming days. meanwhile, thank you so much for joining us, cnn news now with abby phillip starts, right now. democrats and republicans giving us an instruction manual on how to make hard things harder. that is tonight on news night. good evening, i m abby philip in new york. and right now we are watching both major american political parties ignore history, and its lessons, and really not learning from their mistakes is always a good mess recipe to repeat them. but which party will ultimately bear the brunt of its is the big question. for democrats, joe manchin is the man in the middle. what i will be doing is traveling the country, and s
better speaker who is honest and trustworthy. of course, new speaker, mike johnson, dealing with a lot of the issues kevin mccarty facebook we will see how that goes in the coming days. thank you so much for joining us. cnn newsnight with abby phillip starts right now. democrats and republicans giving us an instruction manual on how to make hard things harder. that is tonight on newsnight. good evening, i m abby phillip. right now, we are watching both major american political parties ignore history and its lessons, really not learning from their mistakes is always a good recipe to repeat them. but, which party will ultimately bear the brunt is the big question. for democrats, joe manchin is the man in the middle. what i will be doing is traveling the country, and speaking out, to see if there is an interest in creating a movement, to mobilize the middle and bring americans together. the long-standing west virginia senator announced today that he will not run for re-e
And well be asking a nobel Winning Economist for his perspective. Three cheers for al blackman, hip hip hooray. A royal marine convicted of shooting dead a wounded taliban fighter in afghanistan will be freed within weeks, after his sentenced is reduced. And why sunscreen, Cold Remedies and Gluten Free Food may no longer be available on the Nhs In England, to save money. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is the vote in the Scottish Parliament, due to take place right now, on the Scottish Governments demand for a second referendum on independence. If the motion is approved, theresa may will have to respond formally to the request although shes already said this is not the time, in her view, on the eve of the start of the Brexit Process. The vote had been due to take place last wednesday, but was delayed because of the Terror Attack at westminster. Nicola sturgeon the First Minister wants a referendum by the spring of 2019. Lets ta ke lets take a look inside the Scottish Parliament right now.
if you look at this graph we have here, this one actually comes from a congressional investigation into drug prices. you can see how much those list prices have increased. now, because of this change, which goes into effect january 1st, companies that have raised the price of medicines a lot over time could actually end up paying medicaid for drugs, so losing money on those medicines. so by reducing the list prices by 70% or more, these companies are actually avoiding having to pay these rebates back to medicaid. some analysts put this at hundreds of millions of dollars of savings these companies will have. while across the board it s hoped that insulin prices are coming down for everyone, there s a lot going on beyond the surface here. our thanks to medical correspondent meg tirrell for that report. now to the college football playoffs here in the united states. the michigan wolverines have booked their ticket to the championship game with a thrilling win over the alabama crimson
rebates back medicaid for drugs on which they have raised the price a lot over the years. insulin s have been going up for decades. if you look at this graph we have here, this one actually comes from a congressional investigation into drug prices and you can see how much those list prices have increased. because of this change, which goes into effect january 1st, companies that have raised the price of medicines a lot overtime can actually end up paying medicaid for drugs. so, losing money on those medicines. by reducing the list prices by 70% or more, these companies are actually avoiding having to pay these rebates back to medicaid. some analysts put this at hundreds of millions of dollars a year in savings. companies will have because they are reducing the list prices of their drugs. so, while across the board it is hoped that insulin prices are coming down for everyone, there is a lot going on beyond the surface here. 2024 is already proving to be incredibly lucky for one person